A female patient developed persistent facial pain beginning at age 19 years. Intermittent motor and sensory disturbances referable to one hemisphere began nine years later and by the age of 41 she had developed signs of increased intracranial pressure. Exploratory craniotomy revealed replacement of the leptomeninges by thick, fibrous tissue. The histological appearance was that of a chronic, be...

Fig. 2. Anterior view demonstrating slight weakness of the facial nerve involving the right upper lip. CLINICAL PATHOLOGIC CONFERENCE CASE 1: A WOMAN WITH A LUMP IN HER CHEEK PR Morgan, B Accurso, King’s College London Dental Institute, London, UK, and St. John Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, USA Clinical Presentation: A 30-year-old woman presented with a painles...

Heel pain is a common complaint and is often poorly managed. Non-operative treatments are highly effective for the vast majority of patients, and surgery is reserved for recalcitrant cases. The first distinction to make clinically is between plantar heel pain and posterior heel pain. The former is commonly caused by plantar fasciitis. Posterior heel pain: Baxter [1] classified Achilles pain as ...

20 year old female with no prior medical history presents with diffuse cervical lymphadenopathy. CT and subsequent positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) demonstrated diffuse lymphatomous involvement of multiple lymph nodes in the neck, mediastinum, and retroperitoneum. The patient underwent ABVD therapy which resulted in the lymphoma being in remission for 2 years. The patie...